War generation of Russian poets
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War Generation is a name applied to the young Russia
n poets whose youth was spent fighting in the World War II
and whose best poems reflect upon wartime experiences. Some of them actually died during the German-Soviet War; others lived to an advanced age but, as Semyon Gudzenko
predicted, died not from old age but from old wounds.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n poets whose youth was spent fighting in the World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
and whose best poems reflect upon wartime experiences. Some of them actually died during the German-Soviet War; others lived to an advanced age but, as Semyon Gudzenko
Semyon Gudzenko
Semyon Gudzenko who was a Soviet poet, of the World War II generation. He is often compared with Pavel Kogan and Semen Kirsanov....
predicted, died not from old age but from old wounds.
Notable poets
- Semyon GudzenkoSemyon GudzenkoSemyon Gudzenko who was a Soviet poet, of the World War II generation. He is often compared with Pavel Kogan and Semen Kirsanov....
- Semen KirsanovSemen KirsanovSemyon Kirsanov was a Russian poet.-External links:*...
- Mikhaïl Kultchitsky
- Pavel Kogan
- David SamoylovDavid SamoylovDavid Samoylov , pseudonym of David Samuilovich Kaufman . He is a notable poet of War generation of Russian poets, and considered one of the most important Russian poets of the post-World War II era.-External links:* * *...
- Boris SlutskyBoris SlutskyBoris Slutsky was a Soviet poet of Russian language.Lived his childhood and youth in Harkov. In the year 1937 entered the law institute of Moscow, and since1939 studied also at the Institute of literature "Maxim Gorky" till 1941....
- Arseniy Tarkovsky
- Iosif UtkinIosif UtkinIosif Pavlovich Utkin was a Russian poet of the World War II generation.Utkin was born on 13 May at the Khingan station of the Chinese Eastern Railway, which his parents were helping to construct. After his birth the family returned to their native city Irkutsk, where the future poet lived until...